Police: Armed suspect robbed Sears store Monday afternoon

Feb. 11, 2013

South Burlington police officers responded to the University Mall on Dorset Street for a reported armed robbery on Monday. Officers followed footsteps in the snow and the lead of a tracking dog and entered the Anchorage Inn across Dorset Street from the mall but did not apprehend a suspect. / GLENN RUSSELL/FREE PRESS

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South Burlington police are looking for a man they say held up the Sears store in South Burlington shortly after 1 p.m. Monday.

Police said the suspect was carrying a knife and demanded money from a cashier at the store at the University Mall. Police did not know how much money he left with.

South Burlington Detective Ron Bliss said police, using a K-9 dog and following tracks in the snow, traced the suspect’s movements from the mall on Dorset Street to the Anchorage Inn across the street. Bliss said the trail was lost at the motel.

The suspect, who is white, 5 feet 10 inches tall and average build, was wearing black pants, black shoes, a hooded sweatshirt, black gloves and a full face mask. Police say his sneakers and knife were found in the mall’s parking garage.